Alfred Kornberger

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Alfred Kornberger, around 1975

Alfred Kornberger (born July 3, 1933 in Vienna ; † March 31, 2002 there ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist .

life and work

Alfred Kornberger was born in Vienna in 1933. He studied painting with Professor Robin Christian Andersen at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna . In 1956 he completed his studies with a diploma and received the Golden Füger Medal.

Stylistically, he dealt with the different facets of classical modernism and was just as inspired by Pablo Picasso's late work as by the depictions of surrealist artists. In his early years he devoted himself to various topics from the world of industry and topographical representations. Later he turned almost exclusively to the representation of the female nude.

In the book Alfred Kornberger - The Nude as Innovation by Franz Smola, Kornberger's extensive painterly oeuvre is analyzed on the basis of over a hundred individual texts and the most important paintings by the artist from all periods are presented. Connections to contemporaries of the artist are illuminated as well as the artistic representations that are unique to Kornberger.

Alfred Kornberger's work is part of the great Austrian tradition of body-hugging art, which ranges from Egon Schiele to Alfred Hrdlicka . His central theme, the female nude, is not only a projection of sensual desire, but also an expression of psychological sensitivities.

Alfred Kornberger Foundation

The Alfred Kornberger Foundation was founded in order to establish the artistic work nationally and internationally and in addition to the processing of the painting work that has already taken place, also to process the graphic work.

The estate regulates in particular the scientific processing of the graphic work with a volume of around 2,500 paper works, the activities of the Foundation and its website as well as national and international exhibitions. The basis for all these activities was a separate estate auction with around 100 selected paintings and graphic works by the artist at the Vienna auction house Kinsky 2017.

Together with Alfred and Nena Kornberger's son Christian Kornberger and nephew Hubert Kornberger, Christian Czaak took over the management of the foundation. Franz Smola could be won for the scientific support. An important part of the activities is the establishment and announcement of a new artistic competition. In the spirit of Alfred Kornberger, the focus is on the graphic and drawing element and thus also the revival of the human being as an artistic motif - as a continuation of the Austrian tradition of figurative, body-hugging graphics and painting.

reception

"Alfred Kornberger has mastered the art of nude drawing to a very special degree, both in terms of graphics, lines, and form, as well as the physical, anatomical". "

- Art critic Dieter Schrage : - The Austrian painters of the 20th century: Volume 2

Awards

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1958: Alfred Kornberger in: Siam: Painting and Graphics , from May 31 to July 31, 1958, Museum für Völkerkunde , Austria
  • 1964: Alfred Kornberger in: Alfred Kornberger: (Exhibition) from June 3rd to 19th, 1964 in the Austrian State Printing Office, Vienna
  • 2008: Alfred Kornberger: Special presentation of the Ziwna gallery at the WIKAM in the Vienna Künstlerhaus , from February 23 to March 2, 2008
  • 2013: Alfred Kornberger in: The Spectrum of the Universe , from October 1st to December 1st, 2013, Wiener Künstlerhaus , Austria
  • 2013: Alfred Kornberger in: 80 Years of Alfred Kornberger - Painting in the Intoxication of Colors and Senses , from October 28 to November 16, 2013, Galerie artziwna, Austria
  • 2013: Alfred Kornberger in: 80 Years of Alfred Kornberger - The Spectrum of the Universe , retrospective exhibition of works on paper from the years 1955 to 1995 in the Czaak Gallery from October 22 to November 24, 2013

Books

  • 1964: Alfred Kornberger: (exhibition catalog) from June 3 to 19, 1964, Verlag der Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, 1964, 54 pages
  • 2007: Alfred Kornberger in: The act as innovation , by Franz Smola, Brandstätter, 2007, 454 pages, ISBN 978-3-85033-064-0
  • 2013: Catalog for the retrospective exhibition at the Vienna Künstlerhaus Alfred Kornberger: The Spectrum of the Universe , by Christian Czaak, Die Stadtdrucker Wien, 2013, 288 pages, ISBN 978-3-900354-49-7

literature

  • Helmut Maurer: Wasp's Nest: 20 years Wespennest 1969-1989 . In: Wespennest, Reg. 1 / 75.1969 / 89; Circular . Documentation Center for Austrian Literature, Vienna 1989, OCLC 246380994 , p. 37 (48 p., Limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Federal professional group for antiques, pictures and art objects (ed.): Old and modern art . tape 9 . AMK Verlag, 1964, ISSN  0002-6565 , OCLC 2033337 , p. 1 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Commons : Alfred Kornberger  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography of Alfred Kornberger in: Niederleiser Gemeinde Nachrichten - September 2011 edition, page 7
  2. ^ Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters of the 20th century . H. Fuchs, Vienna 1985, OCLC 469124766 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  3. ↑ Awards and honors. Künstlerhaus GmbH, accessed on December 28, 2014 .
  4. ^ Museum für Völkerkunde, Austria (ed.): Alfred Kornberger, Siam: Painting and Graphics [exhibition] May 31 to July 31, 1958 . Vienna 1958, OCLC 77945972 (16 p., Limited preview in the Google book search).
  5. ^ Alfred Kornberger: (exhibition) June 3-19, 1964. [exhibition catalog]. Verlag der Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1964, OCLC 73507197 (54 p., Limited preview in the Google book search).
  6. ↑ galerie artziwna , Austria
  7. ^ Alfred Kornberger in: The spectrum of the universe , from October 1 to December 1, 2013, Wiener Künstlerhaus , Austria
  8. ↑ Alfred Kornberger in: Alfred Kornberger: (Exhibition) 80 years of Alfred Kornberger - Painting in the intoxication of colors and senses , from October 28 to November 16, 2013
  9. ↑ website of Galleryc
  10. ^ Franz Smola, Alfred Kornberger: Alfred Kornberger (1933-2002): the act as innovation . 1st edition. Brandstätter, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85033-064-0 (454 pages, limited preview in the Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Kornberger, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 2002
Place of death Vienna , Austria